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The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school consistently ranks among the top 10 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey. Penn has 12 highly-regarded schools that provide opportunities for undergraduate, graduate and continuing education, all influenced by Penn’s distinctive interdisciplinary approach to scholarship and learning.

Penn offers a unique working environment within the city of Philadelphia. The University is situated on a beautiful urban campus, with easy access to a range of educational, cultural, and recreational activities. With its historical significance and landmarks, lively cultural offerings, and wide variety of atmospheres, Philadelphia is the perfect place to call home for work and play.

The University offers a competitive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families, generous retirement benefits, a wide variety of professional development opportunities, supportive work and family benefits, a wealth of health and wellness programs and resources, and much more.

School/Center Overview

The World’s First Business School

JOSEPHWHARTON, FOUNDERIn 1881, American entrepreneur and industrialist Joseph Wharton established the world’s first collegiate school of business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Wharton’s pioneering vision was to produce graduates who would become ‘pillars of the state, whether in private or in public life.’ The Wharton School maintains a long tradition of educating visionary business leaders in academia, business, government, and not-for-profit organizations.

Today, Wharton has expanded the scope of this vision to become the most comprehensive source of business knowledge in the world – with over 225 faculty members, 95,000 alumni, 5,000 students across 10 academic departments, 20 research centers, and more than 9,000 executive education participants annually. https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/

Duties

The Wharton Public Policy Initiative is looking for an enthusiastic Application Developer to join their team. The candidate will execute advanced scraping and parsing with selenium. The Application Developer will lead multiple projects and manage junior staff to support the analytical needs of PWBM. This position will help develop a large-scale economics/ budget model. Additionally, the incumbent will be responsible for finding, analyzing and fixing bugs/performance problems. The successful candidate will have a bachelor’s degree in computer science or related fields such as engineering. Applicant should have at least 2 – 3 years of prior experience with software development and release of commercial software products and extensive experience in objected oriented modeling. In-depth knowledge of the following technologies are required: Git code repository, Javascript, Jquery CSS, LESS Bootstrap, and AWS S3. The ideal candidate will also know the following technologies, which can also be learned while on the job: Squarespace development environment, JSON templating, Highcharts and AWS (static asset management, S3 bucket policies, cors, custom domains, iam). Potential future technologies that we will use include: Firebase, Node.js, and Grunt / Gulp. This position requires the ability to work under tight deadlines within an Agile development framework. It is helpful to have familiarity with statistics and some experience in economics or finance or personal finance. This position is contingent upon funding.

Qualifications

A bachelor’s and 2-3 years of experience is required or equivalent combination of education and experience. Applicant should have at least 2-3 years of prior experience with software development and release of commercial software products and extensive experience in objected oriented modeling. In-depth knowledge of the following technologies is required: Git code repository, Javascript, Jquery CSS, LESS Bootstrap, and AWS S3. The ideal candidate will also know the following technologies, which can also be learned while on the job: Squarespace development environment, JSON templating, Highcharts and AWS (static asset management, S3 bucket policies, cors, custom domains, iam). Potential future technologies that we will use include: Firebase, Node.js, and Grunt / Gulp. This position requires the ability to work under tight deadlines within an Agile development framework. It is helpful to have familiarity with statistics and some experience in economics or finance or personal finance.